National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Queen of the Ring
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Queen of the Ring). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 10m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Queen of the Ring| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Queen of the Ring | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Ash Avildsen |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Walton Goggins, Adam Demos, Marie Avgeropoulos, Tyler Posey, Deborah Ann Woll |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
Queen of the Ring
In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history.
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